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A long day in the life of a washed-up actress who gets a loan, checks up on her mother-in-law, takes free photos upon her mom’s request, meets producers asking her for a cameo performance, and calms her crying baby.

Set in Kyoto in the year 2030 and looks at a new form of "love." Businessman Kenichi Tsumiki marries a humanoid AI, Pipuru, after failing to secure a relationship with a fellow employee and long-time crush. He brings his new bride home only to be rejected on his wedding night. He brings the AI to its developer, the cold researcher Kaede MIyama and discovers there's a problem in Pipuru's settings but it can't be changed. (Source: ANN) ~~ Adapted from the novel "Pipuru" by Mariru Harada.

This horror anthology takes its cue from the short fiction of writer Taro Hirai, better known by his nomme du plume Edogawa Rampo - wordplay on the name of legendary writer Edgar Allan Poe. Acclaimed MV director Takeuchi Suguru begins proceedings with Mars Canal, which sees a naked man (Asano Tadanobu) collapse at the edge of a lake that descends, seemingly into the bowels of hell itself. This segment is used to effectively tie together the three main narrative segments of the film. Mirror Hell, directed by Jissoji Akio, sees a detective (Asano again) following a trail of beautiful female corpses back to a mad mirror maker. The Caterpillar (by Sato Hisayasu) sees a limbless war veteran return home only to be systematically abused by his wife. And in Crawling Bugs, by manga artist Kaneko Atsushi, a chauffeur (Asano yet again) becomes obsessed with his actress employer.